1. Assess Student Understanding of Key Information Literacy Concepts with an Online Survey Paula Palmer The Meridian School; 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103 ppalmer@meridianschool.eduppalmer@meridianschool.edu; http://www.meridianschool.eduhttp://www.meridianschool.edu

2. Timeline Set up a free account Survey name Select your color theme Select question types and enter questions Establish restrictions Go LIVE Collect Responses Fine tune year-end lesson plans

3. Why ? Kids enjoy it / candid answers Variety of templates that you can customize Interpreting results is quick and easy

4. Library Outcomes Matrix Essential concepts and skills critical to grade-level success http://www.meridianschool.edu/pdf/libraryoutcomes.pdf http://www.meridianschool.edu/pdf/libraryoutcomes.pdf

5. Begin in April so that you have time to address potential questions students may have. Set up a free account www.surveymonkey.com www.surveymonkey.com Be aware of Agreements and the option to receive communications via surveymonkey

7. Your survey title; it may include specific classes or grades

8. Note 3 tabsyou will use these a lot

10. Regard this as the section heading Questions students respond to

11. Student responses are limited to I know it or I want help

12. Edits can be made easily

13. Time to go LIVE. Click on the tab Collect Responses.

15. Multiple options for administering survey and collecting responses

16. Critical steps

17. Options for setting responses

18. Options for timing of survey

19. Use the link on the Summary page to send in an e-mail or paste into browsers. Test the survey to see that it works the way you want it to. Pitch the survey to your students and administer the survey.

20. Options for using Survey Link

21. A preview of the way the survey will appear to students

22. The screen that appears once the student finishes taking the survey

23. Once the survey is completed, log in to your account and click on the tab Analyze Results. Here you will see responses and comments. Remember, the free version does not allow you to download results. I share the results with the students; then, use the responses to the I want help with this before graduation beginning with those least understood to fine tune lesson plans prior to years end.

24. Results indicate areas students know or need help with. Fine tune instruction to those areas.